Minn. Governor Requests Bids for Health Care
An executive (healthcare) order? Today, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton will be requiring managed care companies doing business with the state in providing coverage to become entirely transparent — by submitting…
Most Accurate and Most Inaccurate Statements of the Day Awards
Ezra Klein wins BOTH AWARDS for statements in a single article about ObamaCare. Most Accurate Statement of the Day Award winner: For most Americans, the dominant emotion is confusion. According…
A Good Place to Find Information on Clinical Trials
If you’re thinking of participating in a clinical trial for cancer or any other medical condition, a good place to find out about the research is ClinicalTrials.gov. The site, sponsored…
Health Insurance Monopoly
The single most important feature of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is the establishment of a health insurance exchange where people will be required to buy health insurance if they…
Technology Helps Care Delivery
On a recent flight, I read a wonderful article in HFMA's magazine on using technology to address care delivery challenges. The case study of using eICU to help keep a…
Kiosk Offers Health Assessment
The processes at the Kiosks are all self service. The company already has one kiosk that can give you an vision check up, and when finished can refer you to…
Devices Relieve Symptoms, Ignore Disease
The UroLift System, discussed below, is really a perfect example of how medical device technology frequently addresses a specific clinical need without regard to the actual disease that caused it.…
Quick Blood Test to Spot SCID In Infants
UCSF doctors have developed a test that, using just a drop of blood taken within hours of a baby’s birth, can determine whether that child has a rare but potentially…
Now – A New Non-Surgical Treatment for HPV
A new non-surgical, tissue-preserving therapeutic procedure is being developed to more effectively remove HPV infection and treat precursors of cervical cancer. Photocure, a Norwegian specialty pharmaceutical company focused in dermatology…
Why Electronic Medical Records Aren’t Being Used
About 20 percent of U.S. hospitals and 30 percent of office-based primary-care doctors — about 46,000 practitioners — had adopted a basic electronic record in 2010, according to government statistics.…
